PSA ABOUT AC STATS

Oof · Post by **Oof** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:12 am

Until decal and AC Stats start working again, there is no way for us to track quota (without resorting to manual updates

). As the days progress, more and more people will start to show failed. Don't worry about that part too much, but don't ignore it either.

We aren't uploading any new data to the database right now, but it will continue to update the stats with the data it has. What it looks like to the database is that no one is hunting. As soon as AC Stats starts uploading again, the database will catch up with our latest numbers.

IF YOU DON'T HUNT NOW AT A RATE THAT WILL MAINTAIN QUOTA, WHEN IT STARTS WORKING AGAIN YOU WILL SHOW FAILED AND THAT FAILED STATUS WILL BE ACCURATE.

I didn't want to yell there, but, well, yes I did.

Please try to make sure you are hunting enough to maintain quota at least because once AC Stats starts updating again we will process removal orders as the numbers dictate.

Thanks all. I wanted to make sure people understood what is going on with the database right now.

Kazsam · Post by **Kazsam** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 2:25 pm

Umm dont get it!!

When we start updating again, how will it know what we have hunted and what is vassal xp etc etc....

Im barely loggin into any xp, which i guess helps, as we then will need to make less. NO fun trying to hunt for huge amount xp without nerfus to buff with , specially the speed at which i die and need a rebuff

Lagmatic · Post by **Lagmatic** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 3:01 pm

kaz: you don't have to have decal running to earn xp. acstats only sends your current xp, I don't think the calculations ever happen clientside.

Post by **Panzerfaust** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 3:22 pm

The important thing to remember is that since you will upload (whenever that can happen), you will get one upload for all of the XP made between the patch and the upload. Most of you upload everyday or every couple of days. Now you may have a week or so before uploading and in three weeks that first upload goes away, so try to upload throughout the week if you can to keep the numbers in the black.

Oof · Post by **Oof** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:12 pm

Kaz, AC Stats doesn't capture your XP in realtime. When you log out (let's say AC Stats is working right now) it sends your total XP ever earned, your total XP passed to your patron, etc., to the database. The database will compare your old numbers to the new ones to see how much you made.

Now, with AC Stats not working, it can't send your total XP numbers when you log out each time. No big deal there, because the game will keep up with how much XP your character has earned. The next time AC Stats DOES work, when you log out it will get your total XP ever earned, your total XP passed to your patron, etc. It will just look like its the first time you hunted for a week is all.

Thorgrim · Post by **Thorgrim** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 1:21 am

Gys, I've got the flu (mild one, but not fun just the same) usually this wouldn't stop me much, but without Decal, just hitting that delete key over and over again isn't much fun.

It won't last I know, but I haven't been able to truely hunt seriously since patch day. Will get on it ASAP. Thanks guys.

Thorgrim

Fiction · Post by **Fiction** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 1:55 am

Well i know I am going to be passing considering I have gotten a total of around 8 million since the servers came back up

Vlad · Post by **Vlad** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 4:09 am

we cant really hunt without decal i use el tank heavily to rely on my hunting : ( sigh BACK TO MANNUAL HUNTING!

Wimp Lo · Post by **Wimp Lo** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 8:33 am

I just uploaded decal a bit ago and it seems to be working ok. I did log in all my toons, but nothing changed on the board acstats pages. I assume this is still by design at this point

Wimp Lo

QuickWeasel · Post by **QuickWeasel** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 10:20 am

Kebas Account Filter is not working --> no ACStats.

Kazsam · Post by **Kazsam** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 10:43 am

Mine said that too........ wondered what it meant

anca · Post by **anca** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 10:53 am

same...

Wimp Lo · Post by **Wimp Lo** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 5:57 pm

ok, any idea what we do to fix it? Or is it in the hands of the decal programmers?

Wimp Lo

Oof · Post by **Oof** » Sun Feb 01, 2004 10:45 pm

I think it is in the hands of the decal programmers.

acaddict · Post by **acaddict** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 2:24 am

I read something from the developer of Keba/acstats.....He mensioned something about only continuing to work on updating acstats and no other plug-ins. At least this is the way it sounded um i think.

Also not sure if he had to wait for decal to get everything working before he could start with an upgrade for acstats?

We should all send him a dollar through pay-pal and maybe that will light a fire under his computer chair